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TURN the Page

For more than 200 years the Boston Athenaeum has been a gathering spot for writers and intellectuals. Now a thoughtful renovation aims to preserve it as a place for future generations to become part of history simply by walking in the door.

Paris with FRIENDS

These burgeoning hospitality titans have more than just hotels they have le Rolodex.

Off to see the WORLD

Starting in the 1950s, Jet magazine's longtime society editor Gerri Major wrote dispatches from glamorous locales around the globe. Her not-so-secret plan? Get her African-American readers to come join the fun.

Manifest LATTE

Today's run on western land is spreading not American power but five-star living dressed up as frontiersmanship. Welcome to the home of end-table antlers and Escalades.

Changing Course

Is Jean Imbert the enfant terrible of haute cuisine? Or just the talented (not to mention handsome and social media-savvy) vanguard of a necessary evolution in French cooking?

AND STEP ON IT

I have a ritual when I travel anywhere, for any reason: I get a perfume that I've never worn before, spritz it on in the cab to the airport, and then never wear it again unless I want to conjure the trip.

Can You Spot the MASTERPIECE?

Hint: It's a James Turrell. And he has turned a tiny Colorado town into the season's starriest art mecca.

To Sleep, Perchance to Mask

Is this the best beauty regimen for the inherently lazy? A new wave of night treatments transform skin while you snooze.

Barbarians at High Tea

How Downton Abbey wrestles with the modern age-movie stars and all.

Admissions Horror Show

No more legacy preferences, test-score flouting, and résumé padding! Watch, if you dare, as the merely rich and only sort of powerful attempt to secure Ivy League admission spots without the old bag of tricks.

A Life in Exile

In a rare interview-nearly 50 years after her iconic T&C cover the former Empress of Iran, Her Imperial Majesty Farah Pahlavi, contemplates her role as a force of modernity in the Middle East and as a symbol of what was and what could be for Persians around the world.

Trust Your Instincts

If you want the donut, eat the donut. Is diet culture finally dead?

The Male Gaze

Eye lifts are booming-and men are leading the charge.

This Is Lviv

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THE T&C 2022 Procedure Guide

Fifth Avenue facelifts are approaching the $100K mark, and there are yearslong waitlists for top lipo docs. But do we really need them? A roster, of new, noninvasive anti aging options can effectively stop or at least slow the clock

Has Paris Become the Healthiest City in the World?

It's long been the capital of wine. And cigarettes. And cheese. But lately it seems more full of virtue than vice. And an army of pedaling Parisians are thrilled.

JUST SIT RIGHT BACK AND YOU'LL HEAR A TALE...

...OF THE BILLIONAIRE AND HIS WIFE, THEIR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS, A SHOWDOWN OVER A BACKYARD CHIHULY, AND WHAT GILLIGAN HAS TO DO WITH IT.

Tell Them What They Want

What they really really want. Eavesdropping on today's private

THE CURSE of the CARAVAGGIO

The master's only ceiling mural resides in this grand palazzo, where a dynastic feud between Roman nobility and Texan moxie is the talk of the Eternal City.

The Importance of BEING IDLE

Early retirements. Flexible hours. Less drama only good vibes. Is a big chillout the balm we need in these chaotic 20s?

THE DREAM SEQUENCE

When it all gets to be too much, is it forgivable to indulge in a little fantasy? Absolutely. Especially when it involves a dashing young couple, a suitcase full of family jewels, and their own daring getaway.

REVENGE of the Mouth

Martha Mitchell was Washington's most outspoken character. Now she's going Hollywood.

...and Live Like This

In this modern Shangri-La, cinematic views span from here to eternity.

The Veil Whisperer

Has the secret to upgrading a wedding’s trickiest accessory been in front of your eyes all along?

Where to Next?

A jeweler’s personal odyssey leads to a ring on your finger.

THE VANISHING

In 1978, one of Paris’s most dashing and powerful men was violently kidnapped, leaving tout le monde wondering if he might escape— and how much it could cost.

TEACH THE CLASSICS

How to design an apartment with a paragon of architecture staring you in the face? Turn toward history and dig deep.

Your Skin Looks Good in Here

And no, it’s not just the lighting. The best beauty products may be born in beautiful rooms.

It Just Needs A LITTLE PAINT

Two centuries before influencers began obsessively documenting their terrazzo-filled condos, royals caught the craze for palace paintings.

Can You Hear History?

A hidden mansion in Tbilisi, Georgia, has five generations of stories to tell about the strength and resilience of a region of former Soviet republics.